Motivate your staff, your Board, and yourself! Use it at Board meetings, Arts Advocacy Days, Conferences, anywhere you want to promote arts advocacy.

Buy the Talking to Legislators video for only $10. The video displays a collection of interviews concerning effective arts advocacy from a lawmaker’s point of view. The interviews were primarily conducted in Illinois and Washington.

Elected officials who participated:

ILLINOIS
City Council – Maggie Flanagan
Mayor of Carbondale – Tom Carper
Alderman – Toni Preckwinkle
State Representative – Judy Erwin
Alderman – Billy Ocasio
State Representative – Bob Biggins
State Representative – Tom Ryder

WASHINGTON
Seattle City Council - Heidi Wills
King County Council – Rob McKenna
Washington State legislator – Velma Veloria

Written and produced by Alton Miller of Columbia College Chicago
Videographer – Tony Ward of Columbia College Chicago
Editor – Chad Smith of Columbia College Chicago


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